Fight Club

[Kirby King]

Today’s Dojo update confuses and confounds. Unlike most updates, this one is very cryptic, and Sakurai helpfully files his post under “Game Modes” and “???”.
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The update appears to start out with something reminiscent of the opening to Melee, with Mario being tossed into an arena as a trophy; here, however, we see him fighting Kirby, and then a peculiar twist: a handshake.
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<!--more-->This isn’t the most confusing bit, though—not by a long shot. Sakurai says that in the Smash world, trophies only know how to fight, and being unable to fight is akin to death. So, perhaps with the above as your bit of foreshadowing, we see the ominous sight of Meta-Knight’s ship appear from the skies, and then… well, this thing:
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In truth, you might just want to <a href="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/modea/modea01.html">read this one on your own</a>—it is, truthfully, hard to sum up something that’s intentionally so vague and cryptic, and it’s also much heavier on pictures than text. (If you can’t see the text, try highlighting the page—I think that this is just a formatting issue and not another clue, since the UK version of the page has a black background for the post, and the text shows up there.)

In any event, this post will undoubtedly fuel a whole slew of new speculation. Is this an attempt to (finally) add a backstory to Smash Bros. Brawl? Perhaps some of our wishes will come true, and Meta-Knight’s ship descending on Kirby will foreshadow some sort of true single-player mode (this post is filed under Game Modes, remember) where each character fights his own boss at the end–Mario against Bowser, Kirby against Meta-Knight, Link against Ganondorf… Samus against Ridley? And what exactly is that thing in the last picture? Could it be the successor to the wireframes? A partner to the hands? Or just some obscure character from a game I don’t recognize? Let us know what you think, and maybe over the weekend we’ll revisit this update.

 

[pugfug90]

It’s not sonic because he has white gloves lol. I reckon it’s MASTER HAND REPLACEMENT PLEASE STUPID HAND HOW CLICHE.
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[pugfug90]

Was there text before? There’s not now on the US version. Thanks to Google News, I found this http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=8118 and http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/index.html Well ****, they got more info than us. What else have they hid from us but not Japan and the rest!

 

[pugfug90]

The UK Dojo has text.

 

[smashluigi]

wut I think from all thi is that the rules that wer mentioned before….were broken wen kirby and mario had a handshake….bc all there supossed to do is fight but by the handshake it sort of means there friends again or that they are done fighting. you no like how your mom used to tell you to say sorry to your borther or sister ( even if u didnt want to) anyway so with the rules broken meta knights ship flys in( why meta knight’s??) and then that creature comes to punish mario and kirby for not fighting and disobeying the rules :O :O

 

[ravenkikas]

confused =| sure is weird

 

[Kinnikuman]

Basically what SmashLuigi said I think that the trophies (mario and kirby) are under a spell by Masterhand came alive to only fight then whoever lost would go back to only being a trophy but since Mario revived Kirby then they shook hands he broke “the rules” and I believe that masterhands grip on them had weakend and since it did Masterhand sent that purple thing to pnish them.
Make Sense?

 

[Kinnikuman]

Sorry for the double post here but, I have somewhat reasonable proof this is the succesor to the wireframe. Look in the distance to the right and the left sides of the pic with the purple dude in it. See the other 2 areas that have a whole bunch of purple “energy” around them just like at the feet of the purple dude? This means there are more than 1 of these things so that gives myself enough reason to believe he is the succesor to the wireframe

 

[ravenkikas]

Kinnikuman that made a lot of sense actually. But let me say that I liked the wireframe guys, lol this guy if f*cking ugly.. but anyway more reasons to beat the crap out of them. lol Thanks =]

 

[Mr fN LeOn]

Maybe u gotta **** dese little purple ****** nd den maybe kirby can fight metaknight as his boss maybe dats how the story goes

 

[FalcoRoy]

hey I’m new here and anyway that purple guy sorta looks like he was in one of the mario party games.

 

[Kinnikuman]

Man, I was hoping for Mii’s to be the succesor to the wireframes.

 

[THOR-AXE]

“Thou shall smash till one should fall, and turn back to which thou came. In their frozen prison they fear not the brawl for its their chance to live.Do not break thy sacred rules, for if broken a great terrible things shall rain down upon the Smash Kingdom. For sadly there can be no peace â€
Holy Smash Bible 3:22

 

[awesome ivan]

no it couldn’t be another wire frame guy because its mostly looks like the ship sent out a bunch of purple balls that then collected around an area and went away the other clusters are probably just a coincidence or possibly his “followers” since hes to cool to have multiples. oh and has anyone noticed that he looks like something out of pacman? i mean, the gloves, body and even eyes look like something out of pacman world 2 and 3. i hope hes the adventure mode boss, has different boss forms, (like bowser, mega bowser, and giga bowser) and is a deeply hidden playable! (they should still keep the hands, though)

 

[Kinnikuman]

This was a pretty cool update to me so…Where are all the post! How the deoxys topic got that many comments I’ll never know.

 

[Kinnikuman]

One thing I didn’t mention is how the halbird is involved in this…Any ideas?

 

[Lava]

The USA version is black too, and very readable… maybe it just didn’t load all the way for you.

Soo… yeah. Best. Update. Ever.

Haha, well it was pretty good. A nice hint at the story mode/single player mode most likely.

That picture of Kirby and Mario holding hands (or shaking as some prefer) is heartwarming. Actually there’s something a little creepy or sick about it… I guess it’s just a good thing Kirby doesn’t exist in the real world. That sick little flesh blob for an arm… ugh. He’s kind of an abomination, however cute you might think he is. (Even so, personally I wouldn’t mind if he was real. Haha!)

Cryptic was the same word that came to mind when I read the update. (Oh and welcome back Kirby King, haven’t seen too many updates from you lately… or maybe I just didn’t notice them.)

 

[Lava]

Oh and BTW, a record breaking 11 very interesting screenshots in one DOJO update! AMAZING!

 

[awesome ivan]

maby its not a hint for story mode maby its the intro! you know, mario and kirby trophies drop in with some faint tinkling music in the background, they come to life, fight, mario beats kirby, turns him back to life, they shake hands, look up, see the ship, the black particles will come down, create the guy, the music goes ‘duh, duh duh duuuuuhhhhhhh!’ the guy laughs, or whatever, then the screen fades and the thing with all the characters starts. also, he would make an awesome boss as well as a cool playable character.

 

[mcs]

this may sound….strange but the figure in the last picture looks somewhat like sandbag from melee’s home run contest.the only problem is thathe has arms and red eyes.it also looks like a wiimote if you look close enough.

 

[mcs]

im sorry about ndouble posting but what if that is the sandbag trophy? this is the best update in a long time so theres just so many possibilities! though it could also be a successor to the wireframes, what would be cooler is if the wireframes and fighting polygons are in brawl.

 

[awesome ivan]

wow… so nobody knows who this is? weird… he does look like hes from pacman though… it would be great if he was the first smash specific character that would be cool… any idea what his name might be?

 

[FalcoRoy]

maybe the halbird is their ship or metaknight came to help them fight off the purple freaks!

 

[FalcoRoy]

he looks like a heartless from kingdom hearts

 

[PRINCESS PEACH]

mario and kirby holding hands?????

 

[METROID MAN]

AAAA MY BRAIN’S GUNNA EXPLODE…
my guess, if there adding to the story…Then its a “Made for Brawl” charecter…

 

[homelessvagrant]

This is an attempt at an actual story. Sajurai and Miyamoto always had debates on whether to put more support into Smash’s single or multi player modes. I think we might see more support to single player now.

Also, could it be possible that this smash may have different degrees of foes with different abilities. Robot guy’s weak, polygon fighters medium, wireframe’s strong, or such. There are possibilities to be looked at. Also (not something I want but very possible), what if that thing is a playable character. In (I believe Marvel vs Capcom) they had non Marvel or capcom characters as the villians. These characters were playable. Pretty lame but still possible.

For the story portion, I think MH could’ve done some hypnotizism to make them his slaves for his own enjoyment. It could be that the rules are a form of control on the brainwash and the robot dudes enforce it. Also one thing to think is that maybe Metaknight is breaking the rules to either break out or break into the world (breaking in to free Kirby and along the way free Mario or any other random slave).

Whatever the story, It’ll be a good one. I like the darker tone their using. Instead of travel through worlds with no point but to knock the snot out of Link, Fighting from slavery to make it back into their own worlds. That’d be cool.

 

[FalcoRoy]

man I’ve always wanted smash to have a story mode besides the adventure mode where you just do race to the finish. And I think you have a good idea homelessvagrant.

 

[megamario]

not sure if anyone noticed these things but…

1) there are people watching them

2) the url (for the usa) contains the word modea. this could be the name of something, either the arena their in or the purple things name.

3) i personally think its interesting that this has meta knights ship in it. interesting considering in the first trailer when he arrived the classic characters were fighting and he came from his ship.

 

[THOR-AXE]

Hmmm lets try this how about if mario and them were never really trophies to begin with. Master hand but a spell or curse on them to become trophies and took them from their worlds and made them fight for his amusement, but when mario and kirby show compassion/sportsmanship to each other he gets pissed because some how its against the rules. So MH send his robo-dudes to take care them,but, just like meta-knight to be one step ahead, comes to help his fellow brawlers in their fight for freedom.

 

[THOR-AXE]

oh and the rest of the brawl roster is onboard the HELBERD ready to join the brawl.

and that’s what I think.

 

[Lava]

mcs: Man, I don’t mean to offend, but that’s a pretty huge stretch! Ha, talk about reading in between the lines! Heh, oh well…

homelessvagrant and THOR-AXE are onto something… If nothing else, this could turn into a Smash fan fiction if Brawl doesn’t actually have much of a story.

I like the part about Master Hand turning them into trophies. This would make sense if he is going around to different worlds and conquering each world’s most championed hero, to prove his strength. What other sign of accomplishment would be more fitting then trophies? But better yet, trophies actually MADE FROM the heroes he’s defeated? Once zombified under MH’s control, he makes them beat each other up for fun (as mentioned already.) The only thing that doesn’t make sense is, if they all are breaking free? Who are they fighting? The game is going to make you go through and fight other characters. Not just MH and “robot dude.” The only way around this when entering 1 player mode, it shows that you (the character you chose) has somehow awakened on his/her own, and figured out what has happened. Even though you are of your own mind now, the MH still is going to make you fight EVERYONE. After each fight, you de-zombify your opponent, making him/her your ally. (Why MH would let you continue to free one after another without stopping the fights, is beyond me.)

This might get repetitive after a while since it’s not the greatest idea ever in the first place, BUT what if after each fight, you become allies with that character, and together you have to fight off the Mister Mittens Red Eyes. You know, I’m starting to believe that red eyes guy has something to do with the Halbard. As someone said already the Mittens are like Meta Knights… now this to me sounds like a stretch, but I don’t know what to make of it, or why they would show Meta Knights ship, and then this guy in the next picture. (Maybe he’s a crew member of the Halbard.)

One problem though. It says “the world will pay.” Which world? The weird MH Smash World? That doesn’t make sense. MH destroy is own world… or would he Only time will truly tell I guess.

Well, I’ll keep trying to think of fun ideas/make sense of the update.

 

[Lava]

Whoops, it’s spelled Halberd.

 

[lucario21]

I think this is like classic mode (explains why its in game modes) andeach characters story is different and each fight different characters from there video game series or not. in this case, im guessing near the end you fight somethibng like the wireframes (purple thing) before the boss. I think it would be very cool to have something like the wireframes before a boss fight, lets say you play as mario and you get near the boss, metaknight comes to throw some pruple guys and kirby would be your partner in the fight. then you fight the boss and that would be how you unlock them

 

[homelessvagrant]

It could be that the character awakens on their own and MH sends the other brawl roster to defeat you turning youback into a trophy. At the end you decide not only to escape and free yourself but take MH on for the freedom and memories of the rest of the cast.

 

[dark_case]

Just seeing if you noticed, but when transfering these pics (aka saving the pics as) this appears “modea01_070720k-l”

 

[dark_case]

Modia could be the name of the robot guy, or simply meaning its a new mode.

 

[homelessvagrant]

Or it could just mean Mode A as it is in the gaming modes column.

 

[awesome ivan]

mabey hes a “hidden” adventure boss like giga bowser. you know, like meta knight is the main adventure boss that you fight more often (like bowser in ssbm) but if you like beat adventure in like, hard mode, you see a cut scene where meta knight does that thing where he twirls his cape and jumps on to his ship then summons this guy. i really dont think hes a wire frame successor because hes to detailed.

 

[mcs]

In the last pic there are a few more details that are proabable rarely noticible. if you download the picture theese details will probably look clearer:

1:this guy is made up of two parts and when I saw this I thought it had a slight resemblance to a bob-omb or eggplant man.

2:it has a antenna.

3: this is probably obvious but there is some emblem on its chest. It looks kinta like the smash bros logo only the vertical line is moved up.

lava, you have a point about 1 player mode. Though, I think this is a preview of a 1P/2P story mode.